Ayobaness

Another term for ayoba, a catch phrase that was popular in the Blackberry and YoTv days.

That's so ayoba.
Ayobaness.

Bherhi

Hero is a Xhosa term for a homeless person.

Did you see Thabo left home, ngu bherhi ngoku.

012

The telephone code for Pitori. People from Pretoria usually use the code to identify themselves.

I will represent 012 till I die!

Yihlo

Yihlo is a Xhosa term for father or dad. It can also used informally to refer to a male friend or male family member.

Hlonipha uyihlo no nyoko.
Respect your dad and mom.

Ikati ilele eziko

This is a Xhosa figure of speech that describes hunger or poverty. It directly translate to "a cat is sleeping in the fire (cooking) place (or stove if you may say)". So the cat is sleeping where people are supposed to be cooking because there's no fire and no food to cook.

Japa

Japa is a slang term derived from the Yoruba language. Japa simply means ‘to run swiftly’ out of a dangerous situation.

To 'Japa' means to abort, run, avoid, terminate, retreat or remove yourself from a situation, if used in a sentence.

I wan japa go South Africa next year.

Amebo

Amebo is a Nigerian slang term used to refer to a person who likes to gossip or likes to spread gossip.

You too like amebo.
You love gossip.

oTrap

Look up skrr skrr

These days they like dating oTrap.

Utsiki

In Xhosa culture, Utsiki is the ritual where the bride to be (umakoti) has to eat a goat meat and drinks the sour milk of that particular family in which she is married to. It's basically the ceremony to welcome her to the family.

No one:

Xhosa girls: sbwl utsiki.

Lekker

An Afrikaans word that has multiple meanings and which can be used in various contexts to describe many things from people to food to inanimate objects. It is used to convey the meaning of great, delicious, nice or fun. Make sure to roll the ‘r’ when pronouncing the word.

BBL

BBL is short for Brazilian Butt Lift. This is what these influencers do to make their nyash big.

“Skatlo nyela wena ka BBL that looks like rugby player’s shoulders” - Seemah